The Logic Of Time

Author : Johan van Benthem
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401579474
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Time written by Johan van Benthem and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of Time has a wide intellectual appeal across different dis ciplines. This has shown in the variety of reactions received from readers of the first edition of the present Book. Many have reacted to issues raised in its philosophical discussions, while some have even solved a number of the open technical questions raised in the logical elaboration of the latter. These results will be recorded below, at a more convenient place. In the seven years after the first publication, there have been some noticeable newer developments in the logical study of Time and temporal expressions. As far as Temporal Logic proper is concerned, it seems fair to say that these amount to an increase in coverage and sophistication, rather than further break-through innovation. In fact, perhaps the most significant sources of new activity have been the applied areas of Linguistics and Computer Science (including Artificial Intelligence), where many intriguing new ideas have appeared presenting further challenges to temporal logic. Now, since this Book has a rather tight composition, it would have been difficult to interpolate this new material without endangering intelligibility.

Author : Johan van Benthem
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401098689
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Time written by Johan van Benthem and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That philosophical themes could be studied in an exact manner by logical meanS was a delightful discovery to make. Until then, the only outlet for a philosophical interest known to me was the production of poetry or essays. These means of expression remain inconclusive, however, with a tendency towards profuseness. The logical discipline provides so me intellectual backbone, without excluding the literary modes. A master's thesis by Erik Krabbe introduced me to the subject of tense logic. The doctoral dissertation of Paul N eedham awaked me (as so many others) from my dogmatic slumbers concerning the latter's mono poly on the logical study of Time. Finally, a set of lecture notes by Frank Veltman showed me how classical model theory is just as relevant to that study as more exotic intensional techniques. Of the authors whose work inspired me most, I would mention Arthur Prior, for his irresistible blend of logic and philosophy, Krister Segerberg, for his technical opening up of a systematic theory, and Hans Kamp, for his mastery of all these things at once. Many colleagues have made helpful comments on the two previous versions of this text. I would like to thank especially my students Ed Brinksma, Jan van Eyck and Wilfried Meyer-Viol for their logical and cultural criticism. The drawings were contributed by the versatile Bauke Mulder. Finally, Professor H intikka's kind appreciation provided the stimulus to write this book.

Author : A. A. Rini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017475
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World-Time Parallel written by A. A. Rini and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book to investigate the parallel between what happens at other times and what happens in other possible worlds.

Author : Leonard Bolc
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000507319
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time & Logic written by Leonard Bolc and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995 Time and Logic examines understanding and application of temporal logic, presented in computational terms. The emphasis in the book is on presenting a broad range of approaches to computational applications. The techniques used will also be applicable in many cases to formalisms beyond temporal logic alone, and it is hoped that adaptation to many different logics of program will be facilitated. Throughout, the authors have kept implementation-orientated solutions in mind. The book begins with an introduction to the basic ideas of temporal logic. Successive chapters examine particular aspects of the temporal theoretical computing domain, relating their applications to familiar areas of research, such as stochastic process theory, automata theory, established proof systems, model checking, relational logic and classical predicate logic. This is an essential addition to the library of all theoretical computer scientists. It is an authoritative work which will meet the needs both of those familiar with the field and newcomers to it.

Author : Paul M. Livingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810135192
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Being written by Paul M. Livingston and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Logic of Being: Realism, Truth, and Time, the influential philosopher Paul M. Livingston explores and illuminates truth, time, and their relationship by employing methods from both Continental and analytic philosophy.

Author : Arthur N. Prior
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199256075
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers on Time and Tense written by Arthur N. Prior and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and expanded edition of a seminal work in the logic and philosophy of time, originally published in 1968. Arthur N. Prior (1914-1969) was the founding father of temporal logic, and his book offers an excellent introduction to the fundamental questions in the field. Several important papers have been added to the original selection, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of Prior's work and an illuminating interview with his widow, Mary Prior. In addition, the Polish logic which made Prior's writings difficult for many readers has been replaced by standard logical notation. This new edition will secure the classic status of the book.

Author : Greg Shirley
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441177841
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heidegger and Logic written by Greg Shirley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a tradition of interpreting Heidegger's remarks on logic as an attempt to flout, revise, or eliminate logic, and of thus characterizing Heidegger as an irrationalist. Heidegger and Logic looks closely at Heidegger's writings on logic in the Being and Time era and argues that Heidegger does not seek to discredit logic, but to determine its scope and explain its foundations. Through a close examination of the relevant texts, Greg Shirley shows that this tradition of interpretation rests on mischaracterizations and false assumptions. What emerges from Heidegger's remarks on logic is an account of intelligibility that is both novel and relevant to issues in contemporary philosophy of logic. Heidegger's views on logic form a coherent whole that is an important part of his larger philosophical project and helps us understand it better, and that constitutes a unique contribution to the philosophy of logic

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783709176665
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temporal Logic written by Nicholas Rescher and published by Springer. This book was released on 1972-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to temporal logic, a now flourishing branch of philosophical logic whose origin is of recent date, its main impetus having been provided by the publication in the late 1950s of A. N. PRIOR'S pioneering book, Time and Modality (Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1957). Virtually all work in the field to around 1966 is surveyed in PRIOR'S elegant treatise Past, Present and Future (Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1967). In consequence, it is no simple matter to write a comprehensive book on the subject with out merely rehearsing material already dealt with in PRIOR'S works. We believe, however, that the present book succeeds in this difficult endeavor because it approaches established materials from wholly novel points of departure, and is thus able to attain new perspectives and achieve new results. Its introductory character notwithstanding, the present work is consequently in substantial measure devoted to an exposition of new findings and a demonstration of new results. Parts of the book have been published previously. Chapter II is a modified version of an article of the same title by N. RESCHER and JAMES GARSON in The Journal of Symbolic Logic (vol. 33 [1968], pp.537-548). And Chapter XIII is a modified version of the article "Temporally Conditioned Descriptions" by N. RESCHER and JOHN ROBISON in Ratio, vol. 8 (1966), pp. 46-54. The authors are grateful to Professors GARSON and ROBISON, and to the editors of the jounal involved, for their permission to use this materials here.

Author : Fred Kröger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540674012
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temporal Logic and State Systems written by Fred Kröger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temporal logic has developed over the last 30 years into a powerful formal setting for the specification and verification of state-based systems. Based on university lectures given by the authors, this book is a comprehensive, concise, uniform, up-to-date presentation of the theory and applications of linear and branching time temporal logic; TLA (Temporal Logic of Actions); automata theoretical connections; model checking; and related theories. All theoretical details and numerous application examples are elaborated carefully and with full formal rigor, and the book will serve as a basic source and reference for lecturers, graduate students and researchers.

Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1592446426
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fate, Logic, and Time written by Steven M. Cahn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first full-length treatment of the philosophical problem of fatalism, the thesis that the laws of logic alone suffice to prove that no person ever acts freely. After a critical examination of the history of the problem, from Aristotle through Stoic and medieval thought, Cahn analyzes contemporary discussions of the issue, revealing how a belief in free will is logically connected to specific assumptions about the truth-value of propositions and the nature of time.